New Archbishop for Cashel and Emly

Archbishop Clifford resigned on the grounds of age, as is a requirement of Canon Law. 

Cork-native Bishop Kieran O'Reilly has been appointed as his successor….he was most recently the Bishop of Killaloe.

In a statement this morning, Archbishop Clifford said of Bishop O'Reilly: “that he is a scholar I learned from others, that he is a gentleman I have found out for myself”.